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Deaths of Young Dolphin, Humpback Calf Highlight the Importance of Responsible Boating

In February 2024, NOAA Fisheries and partners responded to a dead spinner dolphin yearling and a dead humpback whale calf in Hawaiʻi. Examinations revealed their deaths were likely due to vessel strikes.
March 07, 2024 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
A mother humpback whale swims beneath its calf to support it on the ocean surface as a researcher on a nearby boat leans over the railing holding a pole underwater to assess the condition of the call. NOAA researchers with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback National Marine Sanctuary assess an injured humpback whale calf off of Maui. The calf had suspected vessel strike injuries to its tail. Credit: Pacific Whale Foundation (NOAA Fisheries Permit #24359)

NOAA Proposes New Vessel Speed Regulations to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Agency also releases a “roadmap” for use of ropeless gear to boost endangered species recovery
July 29, 2022 - Media Release ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic

All Boaters Should Reduce Their Speed to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Collisions with boats as small as 30 feet in length can be lethal to large whales, especially calves, and dangerous for boat passengers. Reduce your speed to keep everyone safe.
March 03, 2022 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
Dead right whale calf (#3560) found floating off New Jersey on June 25, 2020, following vessel collisions Dead right whale calf (#3560) found floating off New Jersey on June 25, 2020, following vessel collisions. Credit: Center for Coastal Studies and Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMPA Permit #18786-04).

Go Slow—Whales Below

You can help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down to 10 knots or less in waters where they are likely present.
December 22, 2021 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
National
Aerial image of a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf North Atlantic right whale mother and calf as seen from a research drone called a hexacopter. Hexacopters allow researchers to conduct right whale photo identification and photogrammetry studies. Photogrammetry techniques allow scientists to get body measurements from aerial photographs. Credit: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson

Vessel Strikes

A vessel strike, sometimes referred to as a ship strike, is a collision between any type of boat and marine animal, including whales, dolphins, sea turtles, fish, seals, or sea lions.
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
Tanker ship and North Atlantic right whale and calf Right whale Catalog #3115 “Harmony” and calf rest at the surface inside the busy shipping lane for the Port of Jacksonville on February 4, 2020. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (NOAA Fisheries Permit #20556-01).

IB 20-32: NMFS Reports a Vessel-Strike Mortality of an Alaska-Breeding Population Steller's Eider in the BSAI

Notice of vessel-strike mortality of a Steller's eider in the Bering Sea.
April 13, 2020 -
Alaska

IB 20-26: NMFS Reports a Vessel-Strike Mortality Event of 22 Spectacled Eiders in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Notice of a vessel-strike mortality event for the spectacled eider in the Bering Sea.
March 26, 2020 -
Alaska

Spatial Distribution and Dive Behavior of Gulf of Mexico Bryde's Whales: Potential Risk of Vessel Strikes and Fisheries Interactions

Evaluating the potential overlap of commercial shipping and commercial fisheries with Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s Whale distribution.
May 15, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Southeast

Vessel Operations in Right Whale Protection Areas in 2009

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-44 Published Date: 2010
January 18, 2018 - Technical Memo ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast

Technical Memorandum for 2015 Vessel Activity in the Arctic

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-57 Published Date: 2017
January 17, 2018 - Technical Memo ,
National